Participate in our Big Game Hunting event – a direction-finding event without all of the driving and walking around.

Instead, we will have the Game somewhere within Sacramento County transmitting on a given frequency. Your mission is to Hunt down and determine the location of the Game.

This is best done with directional antennas, but you can also participate with your omni-directional vertical antenna. Combining the observations and bearings from the directional antenna Hunters with the signal strength observations of the omni-directional Hunters, we may be able to track down the Game. And, you can do this from a comfortable location – such as your QTH or a nice park.

Every radio amateur is welcome to join in the Hunt – and honestly, the more the better.

Here are some reference videos to help you understand the assignment.

• Reference Video #1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8rZIAHxAH4 (you can stop at 8:37 when he starts describing Doppler)
  
• Reference Video #2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN-c5DQFuhI (you can stop when he summarizes at 12:37)
  • good description of how to attenuate an HT – from removing the antenna to tuning off frequency

March 10, 2024 – 13:00 to 15:00